It's Only One....LUCKY GET IN HERE!

When your starting pitcher gets in trouble early in the first game of the playoffs what do you do? Do you take him out risking over using your bullpen in what could be a long series? Or do you keep him in knowing that its only one game and maybe the offense can make up the difference? If you answered C, its a combination of both you answered correctly. I think Torre left Wang in a little too long last night. He just couldn't find his stuff. Then again fast forward to game three and you get a Roger Clemens who will be starting with a HUGE question mark over his head. So maybe that is what Torre was thinking? Save the boys for game three in case Clemens arm falls off or his hamstring rips to shreds. Either way the Yankees shouldn't have been beat up as badly as they were last night. The offense seemed dormant, and the pitching...well I have already covered that.

I admit that I thought Cleveland would pretty much roll over and die in the face of the Yankees. You have to give CC Sabathia credit though. He pitched a solid 5 innings and set the momentum for the tribe for the entire game.

A-Rod oh A-Rod

It's the post season so that means everyone will be staring at A-Rod with x-ray eyes. The question is if Alex doesn't preform in the post season was his MVP year all for nothing? Of course not. It is well documented that I have a love hate relationship with the man, but the fact is that the Yankees wouldn't be in the playoffs in the first place if it weren't for his superhuman contributions this year. Critics are going to say that even though he walked twice last night he didn't contribute all that much to the game. Honestly neither did the rest of the offense. One more game with no hit and I'm sure there will be a story on ESPN.

Pettitte starts his 35th post season game today. Let's get this thing going Andy. What a disappointment it would be to come all this way and not even get out of the ALDS. It is by no means time to panic...yet...but I'm calling in Lucky just to make sure.